Buckeyes crushed by Georgia 24-8
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Ohio State found itself in a huge first-inning hole that it could not recover from and ended up losing a first round NCAA tournament game to Georgia at Dick Howser Field, 24-8 in front of 3,101 fans. The teams waited through a severe weather suspension of play for more than five hours. The game was suspended at 1:48 p.m. in the bottom of the fifth inning with Georgia leading, 10-2, and didn?t resume until 7 p.m., a span of 5:12.
Ohio State, 40-18, now plays the loser of the game pitting No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 4 Marist in a noon elimination game Saturday. That Florida State/Marist game began about 9 p.m.
Baseball is a funny game. Ohio State had ace, second-team All-American Alex Wimmers on the mound against a solid hitting Georgia team, but the Bulldogs came into the game hitting just .203 as a team over their last 10 games. So no one expected that Georgia would have its biggest inning of the season against Wimmers...and in the first inning, no less.
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